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Overview

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4.7/10   2,508 votes
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Director:
Hugh Hudson
Writer:
Robert Dillon (writer)
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Release Date:
25 December 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | History | War more
Tagline:
A Nation Forged In Blood more
Plot:
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
You Have to Love American History to Appreciate this Movie, more (50 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Al Pacino ... Tom Dobb

Donald Sutherland ... Sgt. Maj. Peasy

Nastassja Kinski ... Daisy McConnahay
Joan Plowright ... Mrs. McConnahay
Dave King ... Mr. McConnahay
Steven Berkoff ... Sgt. Jones
John Wells ... Corty
Annie Lennox ... Liberty Woman

Dexter Fletcher ... Ned Dobb
Sid Owen ... Young Ned

Richard O'Brien ... Lord Hampton
Paul Brooke ... Lord Darling
Eric Milota ... Merle
Felicity Dean ... Betsy
Jo Anna Lee ... Amy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Revolution 1776 (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for war violence and related images. (2009 version)
Runtime:
126 min
Country:
UK | Norway
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Frank Windsor is credited as Gen. Washington in the end titles but is not seen in the film. more
Quotes:
Tom Dobb: [to a British officer] You're a bastard! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Lost Boys (1987) more

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
You Have to Love American History to Appreciate this Movie,, 16 January 2005
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Author: hbutko from United States

This is one of my favorites. You would probably have to be a history nut to agree with me. While the story sometimes lags and gets boring, this is a well made period piece. The locations, wardrobe, dialect add to a historically accurate drama. Unlike The Patriot, this movie looks and feels real. Al Pacino's character Tom Dobb Is an ordinary man in extraordinary times. He is unwilling to fight as he has lost his entire family except for one young son who is lured in to the romance of war. In order to protect his son Tom Dobb must fight for his country. This is the viewpoint of the Revolutionary War from a common man. No generals or grand battle plans, just a man trying to save his family who helps save a country. There are so few movies dedicated to the Revolutionary War, This one is the best of them all.

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